Новости за 24.05.2020

The most encouraging news I took in over last weekend was about how private sector biopharma scientists, fed up with the lack of comprehensive government leadership, are pulling together to form a unified, collaborative R&D effort to find a...

Public health officials on Sunday urged Americans to continue exercising caution as photos and videos made the rounds on social media of crowded beaches, boardwalks and pools.All 50 states are in some stage of reopening their economies but the...

Rep. Val Demings, a Florida Democrat whose district includes Orlando, said Sunday she is “concerned” about theme parks reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. CNN’s Dana Bash asked Demings if she is comfortable with theme parks reopening,...

National security adviser Robert O’Brien said Sunday the U.S. will be the first country to develop a coronavirus vaccine. “We're going to get to the vaccine first. We're doing tremendous work on therapies and vaccines and once we get them, we'...

Discussions on the Sunday morning political talk shows turned to masks and social distancing as Americans venture out for the Memorial Day weekend and the number of U.S. coronavirus-related deaths nears 100,000.The coordinator of White...

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned the coronavirus pandemic was not yet contained but said Americans would likely be able to resume some activities in the summer.“This isn’t contained yet. That doesn’t mean we can...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said the decision whether or not to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic should not be political. “This is not about politics, this is not about whether you're liberal or conservative, left or right, Republican...

White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien on Sunday compared China’s response to the coronavirus outbreak to the Soviet response to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.“This was a virus that was unleashed by China. There was a coverup that...

Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), who is considered a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, on Sunday called out President Trump for campaigning off comments Biden made about black voters.Demings said on CNN’s “...

The White House hopes to reach a decision soon on whether to cut off travel from Brazil, a worsening coronavirus hotspot, national security adviser Robert O’Brien said Sunday.“I think that we’ll have a ... decision today with respect to Brazil...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) warned Sunday that his state will have to lay off front-line workers amid the coronavirus pandemic if the federal government does not approve additional funding for states. “We announced a budget on Friday...

Former homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said Sunday that President Trump’s decision to not wear a mask in public “isn’t very useful.”“Do as I say not as I do isn't very useful to reinforce what the doctor just said,” Bossert told ABC’s “This...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said on Sunday that states can conduct mail-in voting for the November election amid the coronavirus pandemic, but said laws to mitigate fraud need to be in place. “I think as long as you can do it safely, and as long...

Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said Sunday that it is difficult to tell if the country will close again because of the pandemic. Birx told ABC’s “This Week” that officials will learn in the coming months how...

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) defended the steps his state has taken to reopen even as it saw its largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases Thursday.“We have to manage the risk,” Hutchinson said on “Fox News Sunday.” “We take the...

Unemployment rates sparked by the coronavirus pandemic could remain in the double digits through the presidential election in November, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday. Hassett said on CNN’s “State of the Union”...

Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, on Sunday clarified her comments about going to the beach over Memorial Day weekend, saying those who can't practice social distancing outside need to wear a mask. Last week,...